Naturally, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan no longer have Chongzhen's Qinwang Army. Even the Qinwang Army in Sichuan, Guizhou, and Huguang can only go to the capital via Shandong or Beizhili.
Historically, the Qin Wangjun had to pay their own way, and even when they arrived in the capital, they could not even make a living.
Why Qin Liangyu was so praised by Chongzhen was because she came to Qinwang with her own money, unlike other Qinwang soldiers who had to pay the court for food and salary.
For this kind of person who does not spend money from the court but can devote himself to the court, he is a model of loyalty and patriotism in Chongzhen's heart.
Those who dared to ask for money from the court were basically arrested and killed.
Now compared with the situation in history, Chongzhen has lost three places in Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan that can collect taxes, and the national treasury is even poorer.
I am afraid that the fate of these Qinwang troops will be worse than in history, but the only advantage is that the Qinwang troops in Xuanda and Shaanxi are gone, which can save Chongzhen from having to worry about money and food.
However, King Qin's army in Xuanda and Shaanxi is mostly composed of border troops. Without these border troops, the strength of King Qin's army coming to King Qin will naturally be weaker.
He Huchen of Ji Town was holed up in the city, and the only main force that Chongzhen could count on was the Guan Ning Army of Liaodong.
tread! tread! tread!
Horse hooves stepped on the bluestone road in Luoyang City, making a crisp collision sound.
Henan has long been in the hands of the Tiger Banner, and Luoyang, the important town in Henan that was the first to be captured by the Tiger Banner army, has long since restored stability.
The hawking sounds of vendors on the street are constant, pedestrians are walking back and forth on the street, the shops on the street are a bit more lively than before, and there are even more people entering the city.
Compared with the past where you had to collect an entrance tax when entering the city, Tiger Flag has completely stopped charging fees when entering the city. Even vendors do not need to pay taxes when entering the city, and only need to pay a small stall fee when setting up stalls on the street.
Under the governance of the Tiger-Character Banner, Luoyang looked more vibrant than in the past. The people were allocated fields, and there were no longer unaffordable taxes. There was hope for life, and some smiles could be seen on the faces that used to be numb.
Riding into the city was a flag-bearing soldier, carrying two small flags behind him to indicate his identity.
When pedestrians or vendors saw him on the street, they all chose to get out of the way, leaving the middle of the road for the flag soldier to ride on horseback.
Call!
He ordered the flag soldiers to rein in the reins outside the governor's office, turned over and jumped off the horse.
"Is Li Futai here?" the flag soldier who got off the horse asked the sentry guarding the entrance to the Yamen.
"On duty."
When the sentry saw Ling Banbing, he immediately knew that there was either military information or an order from a superior, and immediately arranged for someone to take Ling Banbing into the Yamen.
Ling Qibing held a wooden box in his arms and quickly entered the yamen.
On the other side, someone had already taken the lead to notify Li Shuheng.
In addition to Li Shuheng, there was also the chief envoy Hong Chengchou in the Yamen.
Today, Hong Chengchou is the chief envoy of Henan, assisting Li Shuheng in handling Henan government affairs.
In addition to the two of them, Huzi Banner has appointed a group of officials in Henan, starting from the mayor level, to the county magistrate and prefecture magistrate.
In addition, there are officials and deputies at all levels, all with corresponding grades.
Moreover, the tiger-character flag opened up the channel between officials and officials. Officials no longer have to be petty officials all their lives. As long as they concentrate on their work and make contributions, they can be promoted to mayor.
At the same time, Zuoguan is no longer restricted and has the opportunity to become the head of a government, and even serve as the supervisor of the Sansi Yamen.
What the messenger sent was the order from the Datong Military and Political Department.
Li Shuheng took the order letter from the messenger and confirmed that there were no problems with the first half of the chapter before reading the content.
"What arrangements has my lord made?" Hong Chengchou asked Li Shuheng.
After reading the order letter, Li Shuheng handed it to Hong Chengchou and said, "You should also take a look."
Hong Chengchou took the order letter and read it.
And when he read the contents of the order letter, he frowned.
"Are you particularly confused as to why the lord gave this order?" Li Shuheng turned his head and looked at Hong Chengchou.
Hong Chengchou hesitated for a moment, and then said: "It is understandable to send troops at this time. Everyone is working hard for the king, and it is the most empty time. But my lord neglected to attack Sichuan and chose to use troops against Shandong. It is not that it is not good to attack Shandong. If you want to outwit the world, my lord should conquer Sichuan first."
He looked at Li Shuheng.
"I can somewhat understand your lord's thoughts." Li Shuheng said, "Bring me the map of Shandong."
The guard took a map from the bookshelf nearby and laid it flat on the table.
"Come here and take a look!" Li Shuheng waved to Hong Chengchou to come closer. He pointed to a place near the sea and said, "My lord is attacking Shandong for this place."
The places pointed by his fingers were Dengzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture.
Hong Chengchou looked at the map where he came from and said, "What Futai means is that the lord is going to take action against Liaodong?"
"It's not that we want to take action against Liaodong, but we have already taken action against Liaodong." Li Shuheng said, "Now that Lushun has fallen into the hands of the Tiger Flag, as long as the two places are captured, Lushun's Tiger Flag troops will have a rear. We can advance, attack, retreat and defend.”
Although Hong Chengchou had always been a civilian official, he was not ignorant of military matters.
From the map on the table, he could see that the capture of the Tiger Flag not only gave Lushun a large rear area, but also completely opened an outlet to the sea, and it was the Tiger Flag's own outlet. It completely connected the provinces of the Tiger Flag with the Tiger Flag navy that had been drifting away.
"If we use troops against Shandong, the imperial court will definitely jump over the wall and target our Tiger Flag." Hong Chengchou expressed his worries.
The Tiger Banner already occupies three provinces. Once Shandong is captured, several provinces in the Tiger Banner will be connected, while Beizhili and the capital will be completely cut off from Nanjing.
Northern Zhili and the capital will be left alone.
Li Shuheng said: "It doesn't matter what you said. In fact, what I am worried about is Shanhaiguan. Once we send troops to Shandong, the imperial court may abandon Shanhaiguan, which will give the slave thieves an opportunity to seize Shanhaiguan."
"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Hong Chengchou said, "Otherwise, Futai, you can write a letter to persuade the lord to temporarily abandon Shandong and attack Sichuan instead."
Li Shuheng shook his head slightly when he heard this and said: "When we receive this order letter, I am afraid that the order letter to dispatch troops has been sent to Chen Shizheng. At this time, I am afraid that the army has already begun to prepare to enter Shandong."
"Futai, do you think the Lord's Guild will send a force to capture Shanhaiguan first? As long as we capture Shanhaiguan, we will still block the slaves and thieves from entering the customs, and things like the slaves and thieves entering the customs from Jizhen will also be blocked. It can't happen," Hong Chengchou said.
Li Shuheng said: "Don't think about those things that are far away. My lord has left the army's logistics to us. Next, we have to do our best to meet the army's logistics needs. This matter will be left to you. If possible, you can follow the army into Shandong." .”
"Shall I go to Shandong?" Hong Chengchou was stunned.
